Wednesday 29th December

... and just to prove that I can solve the calendar puzzle, here's yesterday's effort ... 

I settled for a quiet day yesterday, sleeping for most of the morning and then an afternoon of reading and piano practice, and I sorted out the edge pieces on my Christmas jigsaw. I also made a start on the clothes shopping. It seems that I'm at that awkward stage of falling between two sizes but I did place an order with M&S from their petites range for some black trousers, a grey marl sweatshirt and a blue cardigan. I've opted for the smaller of the two sizes as M&S clothes tend to be a generous fit on me, so hopefully it'll all look good and I'll have a couple of new outfits to wear. I was given an Amazon token for Christmas so have used that to buy a cookbook for my new air fryer and added a pack of freezer clips to the order to use up the rest of the money. 

This is my Twelve Days gift for today - two Harry Potter mugs. The bigger one is for soups and hot chocolate drinks!

Today's excitement is that I'm seeing J for lunch. We're meeting at the garden centre in town which is walking distance for her and easy parking for me ... I'll be safe going there at this time of year as we'll be going straight to the café and I won't be tempted to buy any plants or pots! I plan to go early though and have a quick look around Tu Clothing in Sainsburys, which is just around the corner from the garden centre. I saw a couple of nice tops when I was looking online yesterday so, if they have them in my size, I'll buy them.

Back at home I should think about revising my budget now I am in receipt of my state pension and also do some meal planning for January, but I think it's more likely that I'll be tempted to carry on with the jigsaw, do some more reading and bash my way through a few tunes on the piano instead ... grown up stuff can wait until next year!